Organocatalytic Highly Enantioselective Substitution of 3‐(1‐Tosylalkyl)indoles with Oxindoles Enables the First Total Synthesis of (+)‐Trigolutes B

Abstract

Abstract A highly enantioselective organocatalytic substitution of 3‐(1‐tosylalkyl)indoles with oxindoles has been established by using chiral bifunctional organocatalysts, providing an efficient entry to multiply functionalized 3,3′‐disubstituted oxindoles, and was exploited as the key step to enable the first asymmetric total synthesis of optically pure (+)‐trigolutes B to be accomplished in a concise manner, within seven steps with an 18 % overall yield.